Premium editions of the specially designed Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games 50 pence coin have been released by the Royal Mint and are now available to purchase.
A specially designed 50 pence ($0.82/€0.60) coin to mark the staging of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 will be launched by The Royal Mint and enter circulation next year.
December 27 - Three stamps featuring famous Olympic ice hockey champions have been launched at a special ceremony at Moscow's CSKA Ice Sports Complex ahead of Sochi 2014.
December 8 - An anonymous bidder has paid $1,466,574 (£897,445/€1,070,056) for an Olympic gold medal won by Jesse Owens at Berlin 1936, the highest price ever for a piece of Olympic memorabilia.
Sochi 2014 have unveiled a special set of stamps depicting each of the five Olympic and Paralympic Games' mascots which are available to the public in time for the New Year as part of its philatelic programme.
December 2 - One of four Olympic gold medals won by American track and field star Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games has been put up for auction and is expected to bring in as much as $1 million (£609,000/€738,000) when the sale closes on Saturday (December 7).
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has revealed the official print for Team GB at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics which is called "Ice" and has been created by renowned artist Sir Howard Hodgkin.
Estonian Olympic cycling champion Erika Salumae's gold medals from Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992 have sold for £25,000 ($40,000/€30,000) each at an auction in London.
November 1 - Celebrations to mark 100 days to go to the start of Sochi 2014 have continued with the release of a final set of stamps completing the "Olympic Winter Sports" series which began in 2011.
October 31 - Late Canadian winter sport stars Sandra Schmirler, Sarah Burke and Barbara Ann Scott have been named to appear on a series of Canadian postage stamps being launched next February to coincide with the Sochi 2014 Olympics.
October 9 - Swedish table tennis legend Jan Ove Waldner has become the first ever living foreigner to be featured on a Chinese postage stamp in an indication of the enduring popularity of both him and of his sport in the country. 
American basketball great Jerry Lucas is set to auction off his 1960 Olympic gold medal which is expected to sell for at least $250,0000 (£161,000/€189,000) as part of a number of pieces of memorabilia from his career in the sport.
August 8 - Andy Murray's historic triumph at Wimbledon has been commemorated by the Royal Mail, who have issued a special set of stamps.
July 6 - With exactly one month to go until the International Fencing Federation (FIE) World Championships in Budapest, a special stamp has been released to mark the occasion, with just 200,025 copies released.
June 30 - A London 1948 Olympic Torch found in a British charity shop has sold for £300 ($452/€352) at auction.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 - Overlay Manager - Birmingham, United Kingdom
Birmingham 2022 are looking for an experienced Overlay Manager to undertake the design and management of Games Overlay (temporary facilities and installations). The successful candidate will manage and undertake projects within the Venue Development Programme. In July 2022, Birmingham will host the XXII Commonwealth Games, the largest multi-sport event to be held in England in 10 years. Approximately 6,500 athletes and team officials from 71 nations and territories across the Commonwealth will come together in a 12-day celebration of sport and culture. Events will take place across Birmingham and the West Midlands, entertaining more than one million ticketed spectators and reaching a global broadcast audience of more than one billion.
Michelle Ford had to overcome dopers, her own Government, "traitor" slurs and a build-up that was far from ideal to win a famous Olympic gold for Australia - all at the age of 17. Brian Oliver reports.
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